Yesterday morning we went to see the 'Festival Internacional de Escultura em Areia' In English that roughly translates as 'Sand Sculpture Festival' The web page is http://www.prosandart.com/fiesa2010/en/index.htm, though it doesn't tell you much and a description can be better given in pictures.
The Fiesa has been organised annually since 2003, with a different theme each year. This year's theme was "Living World", with an environmental and ecological message to it. A lot of the species created in sand have been threatened with extinction.
Being able to blog at all has been made possible by the generous free wifi provided at our hotel, The Bellavista' on the outskirts of the town of Luz, since we decided not to embark on the volume of roaming charges we incurred in Barcelona. Unfortunately I haven't sought to purchase a device to upload photos to my iPad, and therefore I have had to depend on a bluetooth app on my iPhone and iPad to transfer photos, which, while being quite handy, is a tad laborious. So the photos available at the moment are limited!
Last night we went out with my Mum, Uncle, and his girlfriend, Jennie for dinner at the Fortaleza down on the sea front. It was a lovely evening, food and company were wonderful alike.
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a thing called 'Geocaching'. I think it's more popular in the US, however, it does seem to be taking hold across the globe. Long and short, it's treasure hunting with GPS rather than maps.
I looked on the site for it, and established that there were a number of treasures or "caches" as they are called, near where we are staying in Luz.
So, off we set this morning, complete with coordinates and Tom Tom!
I think a better word for it would have been "Goose chase"! We found the first site and answered the clues, however, my calculations of the next set of coordinates must have been slightly off. We ended up going for a very long hike, heading towards the outskirts of Luz, towards Bergau!
At which point we gave up and headed towards the beach, or rocks. It's got to be said, we may not have found the treasures we were looking for, but the resulting views were equally as rewarding.
You can't put a price on it. A lovely morning spent exploring the area, which is beautiful and the weather has been gorgeous. We have both had a very stressful and difficult year, and the opportunity to relax out here has been greatly appreciated.
We are out for diner this evening, and then headed back to the UK tomorrow, unfortunately. Still, a few days break has been worthwhile, here's hoping it has recharged our batteries ready for the next set of challenges!
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